I'm Generation X, but I grew up listening to a lot of the older stuff thanks to my mom...and I nominate "Beast of Burden" by the Rolling Stones as the worst 70s song. I absolutely abhor that song for some reason, maybe because it sounds like that one creepy old guy at every bar/club that would stagger over to all the women drunk as a skunk still thinking he looks sexy trying to pick people up lol. That's the image I get when I hear it. The title is apropos though. It is pretty beastly.
My song would be . . . the theme from "The Exorcist" - I think the song is Tubular Bells or something like that. I'm not googling it to check for accuracy 'cuz even the thought of it scares me. Just typing out that movie name has me a little shook . . . . :o
I used to hear that on the radio as a wee lass - I shared a room with an older sister and she controlled the décor, the music, etc. She knew it scared my grade-school booty, so she would crank up that clock radio up tp 11. I think the tinny, scratchy sound made it more upsetting. That bitch.
Never saw that movie. I was a wuss. My friends went. I didn’t want to see it. I heard the song but the song didn’t bother me because I didn’t see the movie so I didn’t have the association.
Sorry that it disturbed you. I can see how it would.
Worst - Paul Anka - Having My Baby! Sick and not creative.
One of my favorites - Shango, a sort of obscure group, never did many songs. The hit song that used to be on the radio no matter where we were in CA was even appreciated by our parents. It's silly, but creative lyrics were just fun. Day After Day It's Slippin Away. Just cute and catchy. I wish I still had a recording of that song.
Houseplant, I just googled it!! That's awesome!! I don't remember it(I grew up in Ca), but it seems to me it's even more applicable today! Thanks for sharing!
Speaking of Santana my brother who is schizophrenic used to sit in front of the stereo and rock back and forth to Santana music. It soothed him somehow. I can't listen to Santana now without thinking of that.
The problem is that at almost 50 (?😲) years on we've heard them all so many times that even the best of them have gotten a little bit... tired. Would it be blasphemous to admit I'd rather hear Lenny Kravitz's version of American Woman than the original by The Guess Who?
I saw that on Top of the Pops and I thought it was the scariest thing I had ever seen. He looked so angry! I mean the original, not the Lenny Kravitz. Who was it, then?
Sylvia's Mother by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show. Only because my name is Sylvia and I would hear this song so many times but actually the lyrics are not that bad.
Since the confession that MacArthur Park actually has a fan here, I’ve been thinking of one of my favorite’70’s song that most people I know make fun of - Afternoon Delight. So upbeat. Anyone else?
”My mama always said when it’s right it’s right. Why wait until the middle of the cold dark night?”
”When everything’s a little clearer in the light of day and the night is always gonna be there anyway?”
Im off to YouTube it - I could use a pick-me-up this morning!
Song: Having my Baby - Paul Anka. As a teen I used to want to throw up when it came on! Brick House would be runner up. ( and maybe most of the disco stuff)
You know the ones that you gave the starter, sourdough?, but you had made a small cake and delivered it with the starter? If memory serves me right they were really tasty and so much fun to share.
This is actually older, but some of us probably remember ‘The Bloody Red Baron of Germany’ (10, 20, 30, 40, 50 or more, the Bloody Red Baron is running up a score). However if you were a teenager in South Australia, the ‘hit parade’ was played on a radio station owned by the Methodist Church, which disapproved of ‘Bloody’, a common swear word here. Each ‘Bloody’ was replaced with a ‘beep’ on the radio. People of my age still burst into song about ‘The Beep Red Baron of Germany’. That Beep Red Baron certainly ran up a score, trying to count the Beeps!
It's supposed to be a classic but I'd be happy if I never heard Joan Baez sing The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down ever again. and now it's stuck in my head :(
Emanes, My first concert ever was was Queen at the Long Beach arena! It was AWESOME!! I do have to admit that We Will Rock You is overused, but I still love it!!
Ok I have a confession. This was played (& recorded onto vinyl!) by my primary school band... sung by children & accompanied by more children on recorders. Maybe with a teacher on piano. And I (OMG I am laughing so hard) played this on REPEAT - I could not get enough - for weeks! Sweet Caroline was the flip side. I was 5 & so pleased I was going to start at school soon so I could learn recorder too.
This was before my ABBA stage...
In case you ask... Yes my parents are still alive & no, I do not know how they lived through this.
For a complete run-through of the desiderata of the 70s jet-set, how about "Where Do You Go To My Lovely?"
You talk like Marlene Dietrich And you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire Your clothes are all made by Balmain And there's diamonds and pearls in your hair...
You live in a fancy apartment Off the Boulevard Saint Michel Where you keep your Rolling Stones records And a friend of Sacha Distel
So look into my face Marie-Claire! And remember just who you are Then go and forget me forever But I know that you still bear the scars... Deep inside...
To be fair it is a pretty well-worked ballad. Just, you know, a bit... you don't know where to look.
Terry Jacks and "Seasons in the Sun." OMG, just awful. "We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun, but the stars we could reach, were just starfish on the beach."
Someone hold my barf bucket.
Oh, and "Havin' My Baby" by Paul Anka. Eeew. "Baby, Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me" by Mac Davis. "My Ding-A-Ling" by Chuck Berry.
the theme from "The Exorcist" - I think the song is Tubular Bells or something like that.
I'm not googling it to check for accuracy 'cuz even the thought of it scares me. Just typing out that movie name has me a little shook . . . . :o
I used to hear that on the radio as a wee lass - I shared a room with an older sister and she controlled the décor, the music, etc. She knew it scared my grade-school booty, so she would crank up that clock radio up tp 11. I think the tinny, scratchy sound made it more upsetting. That bitch.
Sorry that it disturbed you. I can see how it would.
One of my favorites - Shango, a sort of obscure group, never did many songs. The hit song that used to be on the radio no matter where we were in CA was even appreciated by our parents. It's silly, but creative lyrics were just fun.
Day After Day It's Slippin Away. Just cute and catchy. I wish I still had a recording of that song.
I just googled it!! That's awesome!!
I don't remember it(I grew up in Ca), but it seems to me it's even more applicable today!
Thanks for sharing!
How much fun is it to just slow our roll and take a stroll down memory lane?
Anything Santana is magic!!
You're a true music lover!
Only because my name is Sylvia and I would hear this song so many times but actually the lyrics are not that bad.
”My mama always said when it’s right it’s right. Why wait until the middle of the cold dark night?”
”When everything’s a little clearer in the light of day and the night is always gonna be there anyway?”
Im off to YouTube it - I could use a pick-me-up this morning!
Does anyone remember friendship cakes?
You know the ones that you gave the starter, sourdough?, but you had made a small cake and delivered it with the starter? If memory serves me right they were really tasty and so much fun to share.
It was always awesome to share like that!!
I was going to say "Convoy" but it has many of the same qualities.
MacArthur Park also comes to mind, but I've always loved it
”...someone left the cake out in the rain and I’ll never have that recipe agaaaain”?!!
Or best best best truest best song ever in the entire history of school universes????
I've never heard it before, thank you! :)
Lovely jaunty number, Diana Ross in fine voice, then lo and behold - it's absolutely miserable :(
Yet, a choice must be made ... and ... it's ... a ... tie!
"Disco Duck" vs. "The Pina Colada Song."
To telepath messages through the vast unknown
Please close your eyes and concentrate
With every thought you think
Upon the recitation we're about to sing..."
Any guesses?
and now it's stuck in my head :(
Same thing with actors. I often think of very talented people who took subpar gigs because they were low on money, especially one too many divorces!
Then I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live
Without you by my side....
You can't go to a football or hockey game and not hear it! It seriously needs to go away!
My first concert ever was was Queen at the Long Beach arena!
It was AWESOME!!
I do have to admit that We Will Rock You is overused, but I still love it!!
Song by Lobo.
I actually had a black lab named Boo. Awesome dog! Horrible song!
Ok I have a confession. This was played (& recorded onto vinyl!) by my primary school band... sung by children & accompanied by more children on recorders. Maybe with a teacher on piano. And I (OMG I am laughing so hard) played this on REPEAT - I could not get enough - for weeks! Sweet Caroline was the flip side. I was 5 & so pleased I was going to start at school soon so I could learn recorder too.
This was before my ABBA stage...
In case you ask... Yes my parents are still alive & no, I do not know how they lived through this.
Someone high-up suspected he meant something rude. Surely not.
You talk like Marlene Dietrich
And you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire
Your clothes are all made by Balmain
And there's diamonds and pearls in your hair...
You live in a fancy apartment
Off the Boulevard Saint Michel
Where you keep your Rolling Stones records
And a friend of Sacha Distel
So look into my face Marie-Claire!
And remember just who you are
Then go and forget me forever
But I know that you still bear the scars...
Deep inside...
To be fair it is a pretty well-worked ballad. Just, you know, a bit... you don't know where to look.
PS. Oh. Released 1969. Dang, it doesn't count.
Someone hold my barf bucket.
Oh, and "Havin' My Baby" by Paul Anka. Eeew. "Baby, Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me" by Mac Davis. "My Ding-A-Ling" by Chuck Berry.
Somebody stop me.
Brings tears to the eyes. Not in a good way.
Or should I say Awful! Lol